Loading, please wait...

Viking Socketted Spearhead Viking Socketted Spearhead Viking Socketted Spearhead
Use mousewheel to zoom in and out, click to enlarge
Details

LOT 1175

Viking Socketted Spearhead

10TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

8 5/8 in. (70 grams, 22 cm).

The leaf-shaped head with full-length midrib to both faces, tapering round-section socket with piercing for attachment to an organic shaft. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Surrey collection, formed 1990-2000.
Acquired from TimeLine Auctions 2016, lot 162 (part).
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

CONDITION
VETTING:

TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process


AUCTIONS:

TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.

LOT 1175

Viking Socketted Spearhead

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

Print page

RELATED LOTS
  • Byzantine Ceramic Greek Fire Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade
    Byzantine Ceramic 'Greek Fire' Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade
    9th-11th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £163

    Composed of a piriform body with 'feather' design and eccentrically placed domed mouth; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick, and used as a hand grenade; chipped foot. 613 grams, 17 cm



    Collected before 1970. Ex gallery of C.M., UK. Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (μεσαίον kακάβιον) 9th-11th century AD'.

    Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. Such were the γανωτα, vessels (sometimes also of bronze) used for Greek fire. They were called μεσαία kακαβιά or κυτροκακάβια where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form.

    Lot Details

  • Medieval Iron Arrowhead Group
    Medieval Iron Arrowhead Group
    12th-15th century A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

    Comprising tanged and socketted arrowheads with triangular, leaf-shaped and barbed examples. 40 grams total, 5-10.7 cm



    From a private European collection, formed in the 1980s. Acquired from TimeLine Auctions, 2016, lot 72. The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

    Lot Details

  • WWII Entrenching Spade
    WWII Entrenching Spade
    1939-1945 A.D.

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

    Of folding type, composed of a wooden shaft, steel head; with leather sheath with loop. 1.23 kg, 58 cm



    The Kusmirek Collection, UK.

    Lot Details

Stay up-to-date with the latest from TimeLine Auctions by joining our mailing list